The following excerpt is from Temporary State Study Commission v. Greenidge, 334 N.Y.S.2d 659, 70 Misc.2d 710 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1972):
'under familiar rules of statutory construction * * * a subsequently enacted statute for a special purpose, must be deemed to take precedence over a statute which is general in scope and application.' (Martinis v. Supreme Court, 15 N.Y.2d 240, 249, 258 N.Y.S.2d 65, 69, 206 N.E.2d 165, 168.)
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